Did Twitter’s Removal of Government and
State-Affiliated Media Labels Empower State Actors?
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May 13, 2023
“Unlike independent media, state-affiliated media frequently use their news coverage as a means to advance a political agenda. We believe that people have the right to know when a media account is affiliated directly or indirectly with a state actor” (Twitter, 2020).
Sources: Internet Archive, Twitter
Sources: DFRLab, Twitter, Internet Archive
After Twitter officially removed labels from state actors’ accounts…
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